Glossary | Kuputaka
A
Back to top- Aotearoa
- New Zealand
H
Back to top- Hapū
- Sub-tribe
- Hui
- Meeting, gathering
I
Back to top- Iwi
- Tribe
K
Back to top- Kāhui
- To flock, to herd, to cluster and so denotes a group
- Kāinga
- Address, residence, village, settlement, habitation, habitat, dwelling
- Kawa
- Policies
- Kōanga
- Spring
- Kōrero
- Conversation or discussion
M
Back to top- Mahi
- Work
- Mana
- Prestige, authority, control, power, influence, status, spiritual power, charisma
- MSD
- Ministry of Social Development
N
Back to top- NCS Regulations
- (National Care Standards and Related Matters) Regulations 2018
- Ngā Kete
- Range of documents and tools developed to help explain to stakeholders what we do, and how we want to talk with people
- NGOs
- Non-government organisations
O
Back to top- OCC
- Office of the Children's Commissioner
Ō
Back to top- Ōtautahi
- Christchurch
R
Back to top- Rangatahi
- Young person aged 14 – 21 years of age
T
Back to top- Tāmaki Makaurau
- Auckland
- Tamariki
- Children (plural) aged 0-13 years
- Tamariki Māori
- Children of Māori descent
- Te ao Māori
- The Māori world
- Tikanga
- Correct procedure, the customary system of values and practices that have developed over time and are deeply embedded in the social context
W
Back to top- Whānau
- Whānau refers to people who are biologically linked or share whakapapa. For the Monitor’s monitoring purposes, whānau includes parents, whānau members living with tamariki at the point they have come into care
- Whanganui-ā-Tara
- Wellington